Scientific Publishing Project as an Open Communication: M.S. Kagan in the Russian Humanities

The article introduces the thoughts of the author, who was the presenter of the ceremony dedicated to a considerable event in the cultural and scientific life of the country - the publication of the seven-volume edition of the selected works of the philosopher and culturologist Moisey Samoilovich Kagan. The author analyzes the contribution of M.S. Kagan in the development of national cultural sciences, reveals the thematic and methodological orientation of his works which form an informative core of each of the published volumes, and highly praises the researcher’s importance for the development of aesthetics, art history, philosophy (and philosophy of culture, in particular), as well as the history of culture and culturology. Given in the article, the ideas and opinions of the participants of the presentation are of particular interest. Among the participants, there are the well-known researchers acquainted with M.S. Kagan: V.M. Mezhuev, I.V. Kondakov, N.A. Khrenov, O.N. Astafi eva, I.M. Bykhovskaya, M.M. Shibaeva, A.B. Roife and others, who emphasize the importance for the humanities of the publication of M.S. Kagan’s selected works. The participants of the presentation highlight the role of this Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Honorary Professor of the Saint Petersburg State University, M.S. Kagan, who would become 95 years old on the 18th May 2016, in the formation of one of the Russian research cultural schools, successfully developing in our days.

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1. Kagan M.S. Izbrannyetrudyv 7tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2006, vol. I: Problemy metodologii, 356 p.

2. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2006, vol. II: Teoreticheskie problemy filosofii, 660 p.

3. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2007, vol. III: Trudy po problemam teorii kul’tury, 756 p.

4. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2012, vol. IV: Problemy teoreticheskogo iskusstvoznaniya i estetiki, 636 p.

5. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2008, vol. V, book 1: Problemy teoreticheskogo iskusstvoznaniya i estetiki, 408 p.

6. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2008, vol. V, book 2: Problemy teoreticheskogo iskusstvoznaniya i estetiki, 897 p.

7. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. Vol. VI: Iz istorii mirovoi kul’tury i filosofsko-esteticheskoi mysli. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2013. 692 p.

8. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2013, vol. VII: Poslednie trudy, interv’yu, obrashcheniya, 756 p.

9. Kagan M.S. Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2011, vol. VIII: Dopolnitel’nyi. Moisei Kagan. Vo vremeni i v prostranstve, 450 p.

10. Kagan M.S. O vremeni, o lyudyakh i o sebe, Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2013, vol. VII: Poslednie trudy, interv’yu, obrashcheniya, pp. 403—642.

11. Kagan M.S. Formirovanie lichnosti kak sinergeticheskii protsess. Sinergeticheskaya paradigma. Chelovek i obshchestvo v usloviyakh nestabil’nosti. Moscow, Progress-Traditsiya Publ., 2003, vol. III, pp. 212—227.

12. Astaf’eva O.N. Sotsiokul’turnaya sinergetika: predmetnaya oblast’, istoriya i perspektivy. Sinergeticheskaya paradigma. Sinergetika obrazovaniya. Moscow, Progress-Traditsiya Publ., 2007, pp. 470—481.

13. Astaf’eva O.N. Mir i lichnost’ M.S. Kagana: put’ k sistemno-sinergeticheskomu ponimaniyu kul’tury, Kagan M.S.Izbrannye trudy v 7 tomakh [Kagan M.S. Selected Works in 7 vol.]. St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2013, vol. VIII: Dopolnitel’nyi. Poslednie trudy, interv’yu, obrashcheniya. pp. 255—278.

14. Gusev S.S. Metafizika teksta: kommunikativnaya logika. St. Petersburg, Gumanitarnaya akademiya Publ., 2008. 352 p.

15. Kagan M.S. Vvedenie v istoriyu mirovoi kul’tury (in 2 books). St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2001, book 1, 383 p.; St. Petersburg, Petropolis Publ., 2003, book 2, 320 p.